Monday, January 23, 2012

Callista Roundup!

It's a Gingrichpalooza out there these days! What could be better? Soon, everywhere you look you will see Goddess Callista smiling at you, from official portraits in every workplace, to stamps and coins, and on huge flying billboards like in Blade Runner. CALLISTA EVERYWHERE NOW PLEASE! Speaking of loose Philip K. Dick adaptations, imagine also that all those pictures of Callista are calling to you by name, like in The Minority Report. In fact, I'm mentally casting Callista in all sorts of Philip K. Dick scenarios: she could be permanent First Lady to a succession of presidents like "Nicole" in The Simulacra; she's easy to imagine as a brittle colonist in Martian Time Slip; thrill as Callista regresses first to a teen, then a toddler in Counter-Clock World!

In other words: bring on the Callistabots!

So what are other people saying about Queen Callie-Lou? Let's see:

Gawker's post about Callista's coiffure is just another "we interviewed a hairdresser and this is how difficult and old-fashioned he says the hairdo is," but that's not a bad thing! That's a good thing!

The Orange County Register wonders out loud if Callista has had "work" done: "Dr. Douglas Hendricks sounded quite certain: "Without question she has had extensive botox to the forehead, crows feet and the frown lines…no matter what expression she has, there are no lines and no movement or change in her expession in the upper 1/3 of her face."" Oh, it's mean, and it's good.

Why would she have had to have work done? She's only 45--I'm a year older and have no crow's feet or forehead wrinkles. Maybe people don't realize she's only 45, and assume due to hairdo and clothing that she's 60.

Jennifer clearly doesn't understand that the so-called Republican establishment is scared to death of the raucous, bigoted, hate-filled party base they're trying to ride. Or that there's currently nobody in the GOP who can bridge the party's fatal divide. Which makes it all pretty fun to watch.